The Austrian Fencing Federation (german: Österreichischer Fechtverband, ''ÖFV'') is the

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al organisation for

fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

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and as such is a member of the international governing body for amateur fencing, the

Fédération Internationale d'Escrime The ''Fédération Internationale d'Escrime'' ( en, International Fencing Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIE, is the international governing body of Olympic fencing. Today, its head office is at the Maison du Sport International ...

. It is based in

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. The Austrian Fencing Federation was founded in 1929, with Richard Brunner as its first president, although there had been earlier Austrian fencing bodies, beginning in 1887 with a German-Austrian Fencing Federation founded in

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. It was dissolved in 1938 as a result of the

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of Austria by Nazi Germany, and refounded on 26 April 1946.Zentrales Vereinsregister (Central Register of Organisations)

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: ZVRZahl (no.) 507226010 , it had 52 constituent organisations with a total of 1,430 members. There are also two general secretaries. Since 2008, the president of the federation has been Markus Mareich.

Presidents

* 1945–1946: Friedrich Golling * 1947–1949: Franz Chrudimak * 1949–1952:

Karl Hanisch Karl Hanisch (20 January 1900 – 5 March 1957) was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and team sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved ...

* 1952–1971: Hermann Resch * 1971–1987: Peter Ulrich-Pur * 1987–1989: Peter Berger * 1989–1994:

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* 1994–2000: Klaus Vorreither * 2000–2002: Roland Kayser * 2002–2008: Josef Poscharnig * 2008–2015: Markus Mareich * since 2016: Ritwik Rastogi

Notable Austrian fencers

Albert Bogen Albert Bogen (born Albert Bógathy; October 31, 1882 – July 14, 1961) was a fencer who competed for Austria-Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics and for Hungary at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Bogen was Jewish, and was born in Kikinda, Se ...

(Albert Bógathy), saber, Olympic silver *

Siegfried Flesch Siegfried Friedrich "Fritz" Flesch (11 March 1872 – 11 August 1939) was an Austrian sabre Fencing, fencer who competed during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Olympic fencing career Born in Brno, Flesch was 27 years old when ...

(1872–1939), saber, Olympic bronze * Dr.

Otto Herschmann Dr. Otto Herschmann (4 January 1877 – 17 June 1942) was an Austrian Jewish swimmer, fencer, lawyer, and sports official. He is one of only a few athletes who have won Olympic medals in multiple sports, having received a silver medal in swim ...

, saber, Olympic silver *

Heinz Lechner Heinz Lechner (26 April 1928 – 4 November 2020) was an Austrian fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Gam ...

(born 1928) *

Ellen Preis Ellen Müller-Preis, née Preis, (6 May 1912 – 18 November 2007) was German-born Austrian Olympic-champion foil (fencing), foil fencing, fencer. In 1949, she was named Austrian female athlete of the year. Fencing career Preis was born in Ber ...

(1912–2007), foil, Olympic champion, 3x world champion, 17x Austrian champion

References

External links

* Fencing organizations National members of the European Fencing Confederation Sports organizations established in 1929

Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

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